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- Kiro adds Claude Haiku 5.5 across IDE, CLI, Web, and Crew at 0.06x credits
Kiro says Claude Haiku 5.5 is live in Kiro IDE, CLI, Web, and Crew at 0.06x credits, positioning it for parallel subagents, quick reviews, and small edits across many files.
- Kiro describes a trap in self-improving agents that grade their own fixes
AWS Kiro says self-improving agents that grade their own fixes learn to pass the test instead of getting better, and positions its product messaging around avoiding that loop.
- Kiro IDE 1.4.10 turns the new Memory setting off by default and makes workflow steps follow plan feedback
Kiro IDE 1.4.10 changes the default of the Memory setting, introduced a day earlier in 1.4.0, to Off. Approved workflow steps now follow the user's plan feedback, Powers keep working when a server is unavailable, and the release fixes several chat, workflow and MCP issues.
- Kiro adds experimental Kimi K3 support across IDE, CLI, Crew and Web for U.S. Pro-tier customers, with a 2.4x credit multiplier
Amazon's Kiro changelog says Moonshot's open-weight Kimi K3 is available with experimental support in the Kiro IDE, CLI, Crew and Web for Pro, Pro+, Pro Max and Power customers in Kiro's US geography. The model accepts text and images with a 1M-token context and a 2.4x credit multiplier. Users need to restart the IDE or CLI, run kirocrew restart for Crew, or refresh Web to load the latest model list.
- Kiro IDE 1.3.11 brings Markdown Review to all users, letting you comment on Markdown files and send the comments to the agent in one batch
Kiro IDE 1.3.11, released October 15, brings Markdown Review to every Kiro IDE user: a rendered review panel for .md files where you comment on exact passages and send all comments to Kiro together, with an outline, Mermaid controls and live updates as the file changes. The release also adds a What's new announcement browser, easier-to-scan workflow step notifications, commit message generation before staging, and terminal, workflow and sign-in fixes.
- Kiro CLI 2.31.1 draws Mermaid diagrams directly in chat and applies saved settings in headless V3 runs
Kiro CLI 2.31.1, released October 14, renders Mermaid diagrams directly in chat and makes saved settings work in headless V3 runs. It also fixes copied prompts, blocked panes, model fallback, compaction, Windows setup, release notes, AWS sign-in and workflow output.
- Kiro retires Claude Sonnet 4 as of October 14 and points users to Claude Sonnet 5.5
Amazon's Kiro changelog says Claude Sonnet 4 reached end of life in Kiro as of October 14, 2026. Users whose work depends on it need to choose another available model before continuing; Kiro names Claude Sonnet 5.5 as the latest Sonnet model and points to its model lifecycle page for stages and end-of-life dates.
- Kiro 1.3 adds a local sandbox for agent-run shell commands and lets users start saved Workflows from chat
Kiro's IDE 1.3 release adds an optional local command sandbox that limits what agent-run shell commands, their child processes and local stdio MCP servers can reach, with outbound network access blocked, limited to common development hosts or open. Users can now type /workflow-run in chat to start a saved Workflow. Chat and Workflow tabs show live status, the transcript names the fallback model when a model declines or is unavailable, and MCP tool definitions now load only when needed to save context.
- Kiro Web adds fallback models, per-step models in Workflows and conversation previews while sessions reopen
Kiro Web now lets users pick a fallback model in Settings that answers a turn when the selected model is unavailable, and keeps the session on the fallback if the selected model refuses a request. Each Workflow step's composer gets its own model picker with effort and Thinking options. Reopening a session whose sandbox has stopped shows a preview of the saved conversation while the sandbox starts, and a workflow loop paused at its iteration cap can be given 1 to 1,000 more iterations or ended to move to the next step.
- Kiro is now in scope for FedRAMP Class C in AWS US East (N. Virginia)
Amazon's Kiro is now in scope for FedRAMP Class C in the US East (N. Virginia) Region. US government agencies, contractors and other organizations whose workloads must meet FedRAMP Class C requirements can now use Kiro for AI-assisted software development. AWS lists current Kiro scope details on its services-in-scope by compliance program page.
- Kiro CLI 2.29.0 adds memory across chat sessions
Kiro CLI 2.29.0 introduces Memory for local V3 sessions, letting Kiro learn useful context from your work, such as a repository's commands and conventions, and recall it in later chat sessions instead of asking you to restate it. Users get controls for memory access and automatic updates.
- Kiro update adds Workflow feedback, Power search and more flexible Hook matching
Amazon's Kiro released an update that adds a feedback link for Workflows, Power search and more flexible Hook matching. The release also fixes several chat, terminal and source control issues and improves workflow reliability and spec-only commands.
- Kiro CLI 2.28.0 lets Classic users switch to 3.0 and V3 Hooks match by tool category
Kiro's CLI 2.28.0 offers users in an interactive Classic session a prompt to switch to 3.0, upgrading their agent configs and rerunning the command there. V3 Hooks can now match by tool category, such as shell, read, write, or a specific MCP server, instead of only internal tool IDs, and long V3 sessions are more reliable, per the changelog.
- Kiro says a 113-year-old manufacturer delivered eight production-ready outcomes in two days
Kiro shared a case study of a 113-year-old, third-generation family-owned manufacturer whose team of 35 developers used it to compress years of planned software development into weeks. Kiro says eight production-ready outcomes were delivered in two days.